Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-03-17
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Four children of John Largis, living
near Fife Lake, Mich, died the same day OF
diphtheria The victims were aged 5, z
and H.
States Attorney Grinnell created
sensation at Chicago by seizing all the books,
records, and other documents in the offices of
the County Commissioners. He also took
possession of the County Hospital records.
d. A. West was arrested at Detroit
ON q charge of smuggling opium from Canada,
the drug coming from China to British Co
lumbia, and thence TO st Thomas, Ontario.
The arrest is believed TO be an important one,
and is the first blow struck at a gigantic
scheme to defraud the government
A serious accident occurred on the
Jacksonville and Southwestern Railroad, be-
tween Virden and Girard, Ill, by which two
passenger coaches were derailed and tumbled
down an embankment about eight feet high,
and several persons were badly hurt The
list of the injured is as follows: Senator
Elzur Southworth, Of Ltchfeld, severely in
jured internally, perhaps fatally; Senator l.
B. Stephenson, of shelbyville, bruised;
Senator J. J. Higgins, of Duquoin, bruised;
Senator T. l. McGrath, of Nation, bruised:
Senator r l. Organ, Of Carmi, bruised; Rep
resentative g. V. T. Fletcher, of st Elmo,
bruised Representative J. r. Campbell, of
McLeansboro, head cut and badly bruised;
Miss T. b. Russell, of Carlinyille hip severely
hurt; George Roch, of Girard, face badly
cut; L M Smith, Of Litchfeld severely hurt
Senator Southworth, who was in the
smoker, was thrown across the car. He
tainted away and had to be handed from the
car. After stimulants had been administered
he was taken in the baggage car to his home
at Litchfeld. 1t is said that the wreck was
caused by running at a too high rate of speed.
The train on the Jacksonville Road and one on
the Chicago and Alton Road, which runs par
allel with the Jacksonville Road for a distance
Of four miles, were racing, it is charged
William Jackson was tried for MUIR
der at Falmouth, KY, and sentenced to twenty
years in the penitentiary. mob raided the
Jail, took Jackson out, and hanged him to
tree Henry Arts, who brutally murdered
his stepdaughter at Goldsboro, N. c., by
Draining her with an ak, has paid the penalty
Of his crime on the gallows. He made
full confession of his guilt, and said he was
sorry he had committed the crime. The exc
cution was intended to have been private
one, but it was witnessed by very large
crowd who gathered on the outside of the jail
walls, which are very low, and from which
fine view of the hanging could be had
The Reading Road has decided to
abandon the Schuylkill Canal route to Phila-
delphia, ON which it used $40 boats.
1t is reported that the Russian Gov
ernment has invited the Powers to join in a
protest to the Bulgarian Regents agains5 the
crueltos practiced on the insurgent prisoners.
The septenate bill passed the Ger
man Reichstag without debate by a vote of
227 to 81. Eighty-four members abstained
from voting. The announcement of the pass
age of the bill was received with applause
All the Conservatives and National Liberals
and few Centerists voted with the majority.
The minority was composed of new German
Liberals, Socialists, and Asatians.
If that savage which Lord Macaulay
| prophesied would one day wander among the
ruins of London ever comes to America we
are willing to wager that he will be RECALLED by
@Back Crook" show, says the Chicago Daily
Ner& The performance Of that perennial
spectacle will always be associated by the
present generation with tho name Of Kiralfy,
for those enterprising managers are the only
entrepreneurs who devote their whole atten-
ton to this style of entertainment and they
have found no play so successful as the old
standby "The Black Crook" For the next
two weeks at McVicker's Theater, new COM
pany under their management will give the
| play another hearing, doubtless with the same
/ result